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Structures & Hosting Facilities Capacity New SUMMARY STATEMENT OF REFUGEE FLOWS AT 10.00 14.3.2017 STRUCTURES & HOSTING NEW GUESTS CAPACITY NOTES FACILITIES ARRIVALS UNTIL 07:30 * HOSTING EASTERN AEGEAN ISLANDS STRUCTURES FACILITIES LESVOS (TOTAL) 3459 1460 3500 0 * HOSTING FACILITIES CHIOS (TOTAL) 836 2462 1100 19 CAPACITY REFERS TO SAMOS (TOTAL) 1710 237 850 0 UNHCR AND OTHER STATE- LEROS (TOTAL) 621 304 1000 0 RUN FACILITIES AT THE KOS (TOTAL) 1748 640 1000 0 ISLANDS OTHER ISLANDS (TOTAL) 652 0 TOTAL ISLANDS 7208 5755 8759 19 NORTHERN GREECE POLYKASTRO (NEA KAVALA) 942 4200 PIERIA (IRAKLIS FARM) 38 200 VEROIA (ARMATOLOU KOKKINOU CAMP IMATHIA) 218 400 ALEXANDRIA IMATHIAS (G. PELAGOU CAMP) 365 1200 DIAVATA (ANAGNOSTOPOULOU 329 2500 CAMP) 74 850 DERVENI-ALEXIL (THESSALONIKI) SINDOS -FRAKAPOR 47 600 (THESSALONIKI) KORDELIO- SOFTEX 450 1900 (THESSALONIKI) SINATEX-KAVALARI (THESSALONIKI) 165 500 KORDOGIANNIS FARM - 50 1500 VASSILIKA DERVENI-DION AVETE 142 400 KONITSA (MUNICIPALITY) 130 200 DOLIANA IOANNINA 110 400 PREVEZA-FILIPIADA (PETROPOULAKI CAMP) 226 700 LAGADIKIA 213 TOTAL NORTHERN GREECE 3452 14950 CENTRAL GREECE LARISSA KOUTSOXERO EFTHIMIOPOULOU CAMP 1063 1500 VOLOS (MAGNESIA PREFECTURE) 108 200 TRIKALA-ATLANTIK 209 360 OINOI (OINOFYTA) VOIOTIA 600 600 EVOIA-RITSONA (A.F. CAMP) 679 1000 FTHIOTIDA-THERMOPYLAE 462 500 TOTAL CENTRAL GREECE 3121 4160 SOUTHERN GREECE ANDRAVIDA (MUNICIPALITY) 161 300 TOTAL SOUTHERN GREECE 161 300 ATTIKI ELAIONAS 1975 2500 SCHISTO 942 2000 SKARAMAGAS DOCK 3200 3200 MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY (ELEFSINA) 320 346 MALAKASA 483 1500 RAFINA 111 120 LAVRIO (HOSTING AREA FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS) 375 600 LAVRIO (MIN. AGR.SUMMER CAMP) 300 400 TOTAL ATTIKI 7706 10666 UNHCR & OTHER NGO ACCOMMODATION PLACES APPARTMENTS 9033 HOTELS 5131 HOST FAMILIES 200 PLACES FOR UASC 405 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS - NGO 7552 2800 (**) UNHCR & OTHER NGO (**) Formal briefing on the ACCOMMODATION PLACES - final capacity of Civil Society TOTAL MAINLAND 22321 17562 Organisations is pending UNHCR ACCOMMODATION PLACES -TOTAL ISLANDS 1166 1309 TOTAL UNHCR & OTHER NGOs 23487 21671 (**) NON OFFICIAL SETTLEMENTS HOCKEY FIELD 503 1400 ARRIVALS AREA 602 1400 BASEBALL FIELD 298 1300 NON OFFICIAL SETTLEMENTS - TOTAL 1403 OTHER STATE-RUN FACILITIES RESIDING CAPACITY RECEPTION & IDENTIFICATION CENTERS - TOTAL MAINLAND 191 240 PRE-REMOVAL CENTERS - TOTAL MAINLAND 2100 2029 SELF-SETTLED (EST.) 7850 TOTAL THROUGHOUT THE GREEK TERRITORY 62434 FUNCTIONING OFFICIAL STRUCTURES - NOMINAL CAPACITY 60506 OFFICIAL STRUCTURES MAINLAND - IN WAITING CHERSO (MAZARAKIS CAMP) _ 4000 SERRES (FORMER KEGE) _ 600 PIERIA (OLYMPUS PETRA) _ 1400 KAVALA (PERIGIALI) _ 270 DRAMA (INDUSTRIAL ZONE) _ 550 SINDOS-KARAMANLIS BUILDING (THESSALONIKI) _ 600 VAGIOHORI (THESSALONIKI) _ 631 KATSIKAS IOANNINA _ 1500 TSEPELOVO IOANNINA _ 200 GIANNITSA _ 900 LARISSA -KIPSELOXORI (ZOGAS CAMP) _ 600 OREOKASTRO (THESSALONIKI) _ 1500 KALOHORI- ILIADI (THESSALONIKI) _ 500 SINDOS-FRAKAPOR (THESSALONIKI) _ 600 (*****) NOT INCLUDED OFFICIAL STRUCTURES IN NOMINAL CAPACITY MAINLAND - IN WAITING / OF FUNCTIONING TOTAL CAPACITY (*****) _ 13851 OFFICIAL STRUCTURES VOLUNTARY RETURNS-ANNUAL TOTAL NUMBER 1020 DEPARTURES TO TURKEY - ANNUAL TOTAL NUMBER 110 Figures reported are dynamic, reflecting the above mentioned time frame and may, therefore, change within the day. .
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